Bug#325484: udev >= 0.060-1 and kernels >= 2.6.12

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 01:46:49AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> Package: udev,linux-2.6
> Severity: grave
> 
> udev >= 0.060-1 and kernels >= 2.6.12 should enter testing at the same
> time.
> If udev is first it will refuse to be upgraded (or install but disable
> itself on new installs), if the kernel is first some udev rules
> (at least the ones referencing sysfs attributes) will not work.
> 
> Monitor the situation at:
> 
> http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=linux-2.6
> http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=udev
> 
> and close this bug when both packages will be ready to enter testing
> at the same time.

Alsa-utils in testing currently doesn't install with udev in testing, and
furthermore upgrades of udev is utherly broken.

Udev installation will die when running a kernel >2.6.12, but old udev will be
broken when running a 2.6.12 kernels as far as i understand, this leads to a
udev created circular deadlock, which is much less than user friendly, and
which should be solved in a nicer manner.

MAybe you could have udev install complete when upgrading to 2.6.12/new udev,
but not be activated or such.

Did you really need to make such a mess about this ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther